UNSPSC 85711700: Upper joints-unspecified, external approach

This class includes one or more of 16 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the upper joints-unspecified with external approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0R.

UNSPSC 85711700 Upper joints-unspecified, external approach is a Class code that describes medical evaluation and surveillance services for occupational health, disability benefit determinations, and surgical procedure management rather than orthopedic device procurement or joint-specific surgical implants. State and local buyers under this code include municipal retirement and pension boards, county health systems, state transportation and ferry operators, county probation departments, and county health care consortiums. The work being solicited spans independent medical evaluations for public safety retirement disability claims, occupational health surveillance for transportation workers, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, temporary health professional staffing for ancillary clinical services, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans.

Recent opportunities show geographic spread across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted RFP RTMRFP26001 on September 16, 2026 (due October 16, 2026) for independent medical evaluation services including medical record summary preparation and disability examination scheduling for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications, with a five-year contract ceiling of $750,000 commencing February 3, 2027. The Washington State Department of Transportation posted RFP 20260825 on August 25, 2026 (due October 9, 2026) for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 Washington State ferry locations, requiring baseline and periodic examinations for shipyard workers, engine crew, deck crew, and asbestos team members under the supervision of a physician board-certified in occupational medicine, with a two-year initial term and options to extend for up to five additional one-year periods. The City of Long Beach issued RFP HR26753 on August 26, 2026 (due October 7, 2026) for a surgical benefit carve-out program offering Centers of Excellence networks for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures for approximately 3,800 active employees and retirees, with a two-year initial term and three optional one-year renewals and anticipated go-live of April 1, 2027. Harris County Juvenile Probation Department posted RFI 071626BNM on August 24, 2026 (due September 25, 2026) seeking hospital entities and specialty medical providers capable of emergency, inpatient, and outpatient hospital-based services for detained youth.